01-23-2017, 12:41 PM
It didn’t take long for someone to anticipate “NIMBYs.” I’m expecting thoughtful input from the incumbent residents, until I see something else (note that
I would actually say that this is unlikely to get the sorts of frustrating backlash that the Walter Street apartments, or the Brick proposal, received. They have the whole block, so no immediate neighbours. The houses across the street on Wellington are businesses now. Maybe the Walter Street neighbours will be concerned about increased traffic…I think that concern is valid for a residential street parallel and so close to King. Unfortunately, our grid is bad through here, so if someone is trying to cross town on Glasgow or Wellington, there’s not a lot of choice but Walter.
I would actually say that this is unlikely to get the sorts of frustrating backlash that the Walter Street apartments, or the Brick proposal, received. They have the whole block, so no immediate neighbours. The houses across the street on Wellington are businesses now. Maybe the Walter Street neighbours will be concerned about increased traffic…I think that concern is valid for a residential street parallel and so close to King. Unfortunately, our grid is bad through here, so if someone is trying to cross town on Glasgow or Wellington, there’s not a lot of choice but Walter.